[cdt-dev] CDT Parser in a Standalone Refactoring Tool

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I'm currently an student doing a project which involves creating a
program capable of representing a C project (files, functions...etc)
visually and which will allow the user to perform simple higher as well
as lower-level refactorings via the graphical interface itself. I
originally intended to use the GCC translation framework available with
ANTLR for the job of parsing the C files and source code in but
someone else recommended that I perhaps consider Eclipse CDT's parser instead.

I was wondering if I could get
some feedback as to whether the CDT parser would be well suited for a
project of this nature. Ideally the parser would be able to handle
preprocessing, be able to read in different C files as a single project
and perform code transformations with ease. It would also be much
appreciated if you could perhaps help point me to other standalone
projects or examples which maybe use the CDT parser in this manner.  Thanks alot in advance.